16
Damian
I went back to the house after meeting Kelly and making plans for dinner so I could change and get myself ready. I walked inside and didn’t hear a sound. I called around for James and Shannon, but neither of them answered me. I even knocked on their bedroom doors but got no replies. I made my way upstairs without any sign of them before finding a note stuck to my bedroom door:
Boss,
Gone out for the night. We figured you were doing the same. See you later and have fun!
Shannon and Sarge
At least I didn’t have to feel guilty about leaving them to their own devices yet again for the night. They seemed to find plenty of things to do themselves, and I was glad they were making the most of their vacation like I was.
I quickly went into the bedroom to change, putting on a simple button-down shirt and a pair of shorts to go along with my sandals. I grabbed a couple of bottles of wine off the wine rack to bring with me and went down to the garage to get a car to bring with me. I saw that James and Shannon had taken the Mustang again, so I opted for the truck to get myself over to Kelly’s mother’s house.
Getting to the house was easy for me now that I was getting more comfortable with driving around town. I pulled into the driveway right on time and made my way from the car to the front porch in just a few strides. I knocked on the door and waited patiently for someone to answer. Kelly’s sister Alex pulled open the door quickly and greeted me with a smile.
“Hiya!” she said enthusiastically, opening the screen door for me. “Come on in.”
I was greeted by the familiar smell of cooking pasta and sauce and could feel the warmth coming from the kitchen. Kelly’s mother Mary peeked her head around the corner and gave me a wave.
“Kelly’s just getting changed,” Alex said to me as we walked into the living room. She pointed towards the couch, and I took a seat. Alex positioned herself right next to me, looking like she was anxious to pepper me with questions.
“Alex, offer Damian a drink!” I heard Mary yell from the kitchen.
“Would you like something to drink?” Alex muttered.
“Sure, that would be great,” I answered. “I brought some wine to go with dinner.”
I handed Alex the two bottles, and she looked at them.
“Great, something else I can’t have,” she said with a sigh as she rose from the couch with the bottles in her hands.
She walked into the kitchen, and I heard Mary yell again from the kitchen.
“Thank you for the wine, Damian!”
“You’re welcome,” I yelled back, laughing.
Alex appeared again momentarily with two glasses in her hands. She handed me one tall glass and kept the other for herself.
“I hope iced tea is okay,” she said, sitting next to me again.
“Perfect, thank you,” I replied.
The glass sent a chill up my neck it was so cold. I took a small sip, seeing Alex watching me the whole time like I was something on television. I placed the glass on the coffee table in front of us and sat back. I saw Alex take a breath as she got ready to speak, but I noticed behind her, coming down the hall, were Kelly and Jodie.
I stood up from the couch as they entered the room. Kelly looked stunning in an olive-colored tank dress. I could not take my eyes off her as she walked over and stood in front of me.
“Wow,” I said softly to her.
Kelly brushed a stray hair from her face and smiled at me.
“I told you that dress would get his attention,” Alex said gleefully. Jodie promptly grabbed Alex and ushered her into the kitchen.
“Sorry about that,” Kelly said. “I have to admit though, I did borrow this dress from her. I don’t really have much in my closet other than jeans and t-shirts.”
“I think you look great just in your jeans and t-shirt, you know,” I told her.
I pulled Kelly closer to me and gave her a long, slow kiss. The kiss was finally broken when we heard a brief giggle come from the doorway to the kitchen.
“Dinner’s ready,” Alex said with a big grin.
Kelly took my hand and led me into the kitchen. The table was filled with food, more than the five of us could eat in one sitting for sure.
Alex patted the seat next to her. “Sit next to me Damian,” she asked.
“I don’t think so,” Kelly said, pulling me over so I would sit next to her on the opposite side of the table. Jodie walked over to the table and placed a salad bowl filled with greens down before sitting next to Alex. Mary sat at the head of the table, smiling as everyone took their place.
Before we dug into the meal, Mary asked us all to join hands so she could say Grace. I held onto Kelly’s hand tightly while Alex took my other hand as we bowed our heads.
Afterward, everyone passed around the dishes of chicken parmesan, pasta, and salad so they could fill their plates, and Mary cleared her throat to get everyone’s attention.
“I would just like to say how nice it is to have my girls here, and to have you, Damian,” Mary stated, holding up her wine glass. “It’s pretty rare that any of the girls brings a gentleman around to the house. It’s especially nice to see you doing it, Kelly.”
I looked over at Kelly and could see her blushing. I simply turned back to Mary and clinked glasses with her.
“Well thank you for having me into your home,” I told her.
We went through dinner very casually, much more so than I have been exposed to at any time. There was lots of laughter, smiles, and good-natured teasing among all the sisters. Before I knew it, everyone had eaten, a bottle of wine was gone, and the table was ready to be cleared.
I could see Mary giving a look to Alex, letting her know she should get up and start collecting plates. I stood up from the table to gather some things.
“Let me help,” I offered.
“Sit down, Damian,” Mary ordered. “The girls can take care of clearing the table and the dishes. You’re a guest here. You and I can go sit in the living room and relax while they tend to the dishes and fix us some coffee, right girls?”
“I don’t live here anymore,” Kelly said, looking nervous about me being alone with her mother. “I’m a guest. Why do I have to clean up?”
“Because your mother asked you to,” Mary said with a smile. She got up from the table, took my arm, and led me into the living room.
I sat down on the couch while Mary sat in the rocking chair posted across from me. The chair creaked lightly with each light movement she made, and for what seemed like a long time that was the only noise that passed between us.
“Are you enjoying our little town here?” Mary asked me.
“Yes, very much, at least what I have seen of it so far. It has everything I had hoped it would, and more.”
“Wonderful,” she said to me. “I’ve lived here my whole life, and I’ve seen it grow from a much smaller place to what it is today. Somehow, we’ve managed to keep it a tight community even with all that goes on during the summer.”
We sat quietly again, Mary gently rocking, before Jodie appeared in the living room, carrying a tray with a coffee pot, mugs, and more. She placed it on the coffee table in front of me and smiled.
“Thank you, Jodie,” Mary stated, looking at her daughter with a pleased look.
Jodie looked back at her with a serious face.
“My pleasure, Mum,” she said in a broken British accent while she curtseyed.
“Go finish the dishes,” Mary said to her, waving her off with a smile.
I poured a mug of coffee for Mary and handed it to her before pouring one for myself. We both took light sips, and Mary continued to rock, holding her mug.
“Damian, I know it’s only been a few days, but I can tell Kelly thinks a lot of you. You do realize that, don’t you?”
“I hope that’s the case, Mary,” I said to her. “I think a lot of her too.”
“Good, I’m glad to hear that. Kelly is not one to open her heart up too easily. She never has been. The few times she has, she’s been burned in the past. A man a lot like you actually – handsome, wealthy, from New York. She met him while she was in school up there. He gave her a job in one of the restaurants he owned, and she stayed there until she found out he was fooling around with the hostess. Kelly left and came back home and worked here. He had the nerve to come down and charmed her again and then broke her heart again, leaving her down here for some socialite. She’s been gun shy since then Damian, and I don’t blame her. I don’t want to see the same thing happen to her again. Do we understand each other?”
Mary sat back in her rocker and stared at me. It was her way of letting me know she was taking care of her daughters, protecting them. This soft, genial woman had her Momma Bear side and wasn’t afraid to show it to anyone, no matter who they were.
“Mary, I understand you completely,” I told her. “I don’t know who this other person was, but I can tell you I am not like that. I care for Kelly a great deal and would never do anything to hurt her. I promise you that.”
“Okay,” she said, breaking her glare and smiling again. “I’m glad I won’t have to get out my shotgun. I haven’t fired that thing in years.”
We both laughed, mine a bit more nervously than Mary’s. Kelly came walking into the room carrying a tray of cookies and a small cake on it.
“Everything okay in here?” she asked before sitting down next to me on the couch.
“Wonderful, dear,” Mary said. “Damian and I were just getting to know each other a bit.”
I could see Kelly biting her lip, wondering if that was a good thing or not. Alex and Jodie joined us as well, and I dutifully poured coffee for everyone while we enjoyed dessert. I had just put a chocolate chip cookie in my mouth when Alex, who was seated on the floor next to her mother, blurted out: “Damian, how much money do you have in your wallet?”
I coughed on some cookie crumbs while Kelly shot her sister a mean look.
“Alex!” Kelly yelled.
After clearing my throat, I looked at Alex.
“It’s okay Kelly. You’d be surprised how many people ask me that. Honestly, I’m not even sure.”
I took my wallet out of my front pocket and opened it up. I started counting silently to myself.
“432 dollars,” I told her, folding the wallet back up.
“Man, I thought it would be more,” she said with disappointment.
“I’m amazed I have that much in there,” I told her. “I don’t usually carry much cash.”
“Okay, next question,” Alex said. “What was it like to date this model?” She held up her cell phone, and I saw a picture of me and Jessica Mulder, a model I had dated once or twice, together on the beach. Kelly leaned over and looked at the picture and then looked at me.
“Yeah, what was it like to date her?” Kelly said as she squinted her eyes at me.
I passed the phone back to Alex.
“She was a nice person, but we only went out a couple of times. We met while we were both in Bermuda. She wasn’t really for me.”
I sat back on the couch, still getting a look from Kelly.
“Did you take her on your yacht?” Alex asked. “You have a yacht, don’t you? I’ll bet it’s huge. Can you land a helicopter on it? Do you have a helicopter?”
“Alright, that’s enough questions for tonight,” Kelly said, standing up and taking my hand, so I was up too. “I need to get home and get to bed. We do have work tomorrow you know.”
“Oh man, I have a lot more questions,” Alex said. “Damian, can I have your email so I can send questions to you?
“Forget it, Alex,” Kelly yelled, dragging me towards the front door.
“Thank you for a lovely dinner, Mary,” I said as Kelly kept pulling me. I held onto the door frame so I could say goodbye before I was outside.
Kelly pulled me down the front steps and over towards my truck. She leaned against the passenger door and brought me straight to her. Before I could say anything, she gave me a kiss.
When we finally broke the kiss, we were both breathless.
“I think I need a ride home,” she said to me, reaching for the passenger door. She made sure to rub her body against mine as she slid past me and into the truck.
I got in the driver’s side and drove the short distance to Kelly’s home. She hopped out of the truck before I could even get the engine shut off, and I watched her as she strode from the driveway to her front door, looking back over her shoulder to make sure I watched her the whole way. By the time I got to the front door, she had already gone inside, and I saw the shoes she had kicked off marked her pathway from the hall to her bedroom.
“Sorry for the mess,” she said as she kicked a small pile of clothes to the corner before she sat down on her bed. She slowly undid the few buttons on her dress, showing off her cleavage to me as she reclined on the bed.
“I didn’t even notice it,” I said to her, getting on the bed next to her. I moved to kiss her, and she playfully gave me a short kiss on the lips before pulling away. She did this several times, making each kiss last a bit longer than the next before she stopped, teasing me to no end. Kelly finally let me kiss her longer and deeper as she lay back completely on the bed.
My right hand went and undid the remaining buttons at the top of her dress, exposing the white lace bra she was wearing underneath. My fingers lingered on the lace trim cupping her breasts while we kissed before I reached out to cup her breast myself, grazing my thumbs gently back and forth over her nipples. She gasped lightly in my mouth as we kissed more and she pushed her body closer to mine.
Kelly’s left hand had snaked down and worked open my belt and shorts, and then swiftly went inside, gripping me through my briefs. She stroked me firmly and took my breath away as her fingers worked over me. She then surprised me and rolled quickly so that she was on top of me, as she kept her hand on me the whole time. She took both hands and moved them up my body, unbuttoning my shirt so that she could move her hands over my abs and chest.
Kelly bent down and started to kiss me, kissing me on the lips before she planted slow kisses across my chest. Her hands kept touching me as her mouth moved down my body.
“Your muscles are so… hard,” she said with a sly smile, moving her body, so her knees were on either side of my waist. I wanted her badly and moved my hands over her sides and up to her breasts.
Kelly quickly moved away from my hands.
“Uh uh,” she said to me. “This is my game tonight.”
With that she moved off me and stood up, staring at me. My eyes were locked on hers as I watched every move she made. Her hands started at her breasts, gliding over the cups of her bra and down to her hips. I watched as she slipped her hands underneath her dress, pulling her panties down her legs. She stepped out of the panties and climbed back onto the bed, kneeling between my legs.
“There’s nothing quite like strong, hard muscles,” Kelly whispered.
Her hands started at my knees, and I could feel the palms of her hands go over my thighs and come to rest at my waist before they tugged on my briefs, and pulled them down my legs until they were off me.
Kelly kept her eyes on me again as she moved against me. I could feel the hem of her dress brush against my erection as she moved. She rested her warm wetness against me, taking my breath away for a moment. A playful smile crossed her face as she slowly started to move, allowing her to slide over me without taking me inside her.
I moved my hands down to her waist, trying to hold her in place so I could go inside her, feel her, but her game wasn’t over just yet.
“Play nice, Mr. Woods,” Kelly purred at me as she pulled her body away from me. I put my hands back down to my sides and let her take over once again.
Satisfied that I was willing to go along with her, Kelly moved closer to me once again, letting me just barely feel her. The blood pounded loudly in my head with each movement she made, making me ache for her even more.
“Kelly, you’re making me crazy,” I groaned.
“I think that’s a good thing,” she replied, gliding against me once more.
I felt her hips start to slowly gyrate against me as she rocked back and forth. A quick glance up at Kelly revealed that her eyes were closed now as she moved. She had found a sweet, sensitive spot and made the most of it while I barely hung on. Finally, she allowed me in and drew me slowly inside her. Kelly kept up her slow rocking as she tightened and relaxed on me. Each motion elicited deep groans from me that I had never let out before.
Beads of sweat formed on my brow as I couldn’t take much more. My grip tightened on the fabric of Kelly’s dress over her thighs, and I pulled her closer so I was deeper inside her. That was all I could take and felt my orgasm overtake me. Kelly gasped as she felt me spasm inside her and her thighs tightened around my waist, holding herself still as her own orgasm spread throughout her body.
My body was still shaking a bit when Kelly pressed herself against me and kissed me. She laid her head on my chest as we each tried to catch our breath a bit.
“Hmmm,” Kelly hummed as she nuzzled herself into the nape of my neck. “That was pretty good.”
“Pretty good?” I said as I chased my breath. “That was… you were… I can’t even think of the words for it.” I kissed Kelly on the top of her head as I wrapped my arms around her.
“I’m glad I can make you speechless.”
“You did that and more.”
After a few minutes, Kelly got up from the bed, stripping off what was left on of her dress to throw on a t-shirt and got back into bed with me. I put my arm around her once again.
“I hope you had a good time tonight,” she said as she kissed my neck.
“You mean you couldn’t tell?”
“I’m not talking about that,” she said as she playfully hit my shoulder. “I mean dinner with my family. I don’t usually do things like that… or like this.”
“It was great, Kelly,” I answered. “I loved having dinner and spending time with your family. I didn’t really have the “normal” family upbringing where we all got together and had dinner and laughed and joked. Being a part of that was nice. Your mother and your sisters are great.”
“Yeah, they are,” she said with a sigh. Kelly closed her eyes, and I watched her as she started to drift off to sleep.
“You’re pretty great, too,” I said softly to her as I held her.
A small smile crept across Kelly’s face as we lay silently together, holding each other.